NITI Aayog Vice Chairperson Mr. Suman Bery to deliver inaugural address on ‘Reaping India's Demographic Dividend’ at the XIX International Conference on Public Policy & Management on 27 August
Conference to be hosted by the Centre for Public Policy from 27 to 29 August
14 August, 2024, Bengaluru: Mr. Suman Bery, Vice Chairperson, NITI Aayog, will deliver the inaugural address of the XIX International Conference on Public Policy & Management on, ‘Reaping India's Demographic Dividend’ from 9 am to 10 am on 27 August 2024 at the institute auditorium. The Centre for Public Policy (CPP) at IIM Bangalore will host the conference from 27 to 29 August 2024. The interdisciplinary conference draws scholars representing diverse perspectives on public policy issues and provides a forum for showcasing the latest developments in policy research and practice.
To register for the inaugural address, please click: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSea1L4g7riLLyZESZb2TfJqU7YsWY1j8gpqq9heiLbu8TuP9Q/viewform?vc=0&c=0&w=1&flr=0
The organizing committee of this year’s conference comprises Dr. Gopal Naik, Senior Fellow, Chairperson and Jal Jeevan Mission Chair Professor at the Centre for Public Policy, IIM Bangalore; Prof. Anil B Suraj, Chairperson, N.S. Ramaswamy Pre-doctoral Fellowship as well as the Committee on Diversity & Inclusion and faculty of Public Policy at IIMB; Prof. Soham Sahoo, faculty of the Public Policy area of IIMB; Prof. Rajalaxmi Kamath, Chairperson, Internal Committee and faculty of the Public Policy area of IIMB, and Prof. Arpit Shah, faculty of the Public Policy area of IIMB.
The themes for the 2024 conference include: Emerging Technologies and Policy Implications; Policies on Climate Change and Sustainability in Industry and Agriculture; Policy Challenges in Gig and Platform Economy, and Innovations in Public Policy.
About the speaker: Mr. Suman Bery is currently Vice Chairperson, NITI Aayog, in the rank and status of Cabinet Minister. An experienced policy economist and research administrator, he took over as NITI Aayog Vice Chairperson from 1 May 2022. At the time of his appointment, he was a Global Fellow in the Asia Programme of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington DC, and a non-resident Fellow at Bruegel, an economic policy research institution in Brussels. He was also a member of the Board of the Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation, New Delhi.
From early 2012 till mid-2016, Mr. Bery was Royal Dutch Shell’s Global Chief Economist based in The Hague. In this capacity, he advised the Board and management on global economic and political developments. He was also part of the senior leadership of Shell’s Global Scenarios Group. During his time at Shell, he led a collaborative project with Indian think tanks (later published) to apply scenario modeling to India's energy sector.
Before his appointment at Shell, he served as Director-General (Chief Executive) of the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) in New Delhi - one of India’s most respected institutions of empirical socioeconomic research. During his tenure, NCAER greatly extended its global links and was recognized as one of India’s leading think tanks by the independent global Think Tank Initiative. In his decade leading NCAER, he was at various times member of the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council; of India’s Statistical Commission; and of the Reserve Bank of India’s Technical Advisory Committee on Monetary Policy. He commented extensively in the media on economic issues and contributed a monthly column to an Indian business newspaper.
Prior to NCAER, Mr. Bery was with the World Bank in Washington DC, which he joined through the Young Professionals Programme. His career at the World Bank spanned research on financial sector development and country policy and strategy, notably in Latin America and the Caribbean. His country experience included Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay and Peru. His experience on financial sector reform in Latin America led to an appointment as Special Consultant to the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India between 1992 and 1994.
His professional writing includes contributions on the political economy of reform, financial sector and banking reform, and energy trends and policy. He has a Master’s degree in Public Affairs from Princeton University’s School of Public and International Affairs, and an undergraduate degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Magdalen College, University of Oxford.
For registration and other details of this year’s conference, please visit: https://www.iimb.ac.in/CPP-XIX-2024/
For a detailed schedule of the conference, please Click here.
NITI Aayog Vice Chairperson Mr. Suman Bery to deliver inaugural address on ‘Reaping India's Demographic Dividend’ at the XIX International Conference on Public Policy & Management on 27 August
Conference to be hosted by the Centre for Public Policy from 27 to 29 August
14 August, 2024, Bengaluru: Mr. Suman Bery, Vice Chairperson, NITI Aayog, will deliver the inaugural address of the XIX International Conference on Public Policy & Management on, ‘Reaping India's Demographic Dividend’ from 9 am to 10 am on 27 August 2024 at the institute auditorium. The Centre for Public Policy (CPP) at IIM Bangalore will host the conference from 27 to 29 August 2024. The interdisciplinary conference draws scholars representing diverse perspectives on public policy issues and provides a forum for showcasing the latest developments in policy research and practice.
To register for the inaugural address, please click: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSea1L4g7riLLyZESZb2TfJqU7YsWY1j8gpqq9heiLbu8TuP9Q/viewform?vc=0&c=0&w=1&flr=0
The organizing committee of this year’s conference comprises Dr. Gopal Naik, Senior Fellow, Chairperson and Jal Jeevan Mission Chair Professor at the Centre for Public Policy, IIM Bangalore; Prof. Anil B Suraj, Chairperson, N.S. Ramaswamy Pre-doctoral Fellowship as well as the Committee on Diversity & Inclusion and faculty of Public Policy at IIMB; Prof. Soham Sahoo, faculty of the Public Policy area of IIMB; Prof. Rajalaxmi Kamath, Chairperson, Internal Committee and faculty of the Public Policy area of IIMB, and Prof. Arpit Shah, faculty of the Public Policy area of IIMB.
The themes for the 2024 conference include: Emerging Technologies and Policy Implications; Policies on Climate Change and Sustainability in Industry and Agriculture; Policy Challenges in Gig and Platform Economy, and Innovations in Public Policy.
About the speaker: Mr. Suman Bery is currently Vice Chairperson, NITI Aayog, in the rank and status of Cabinet Minister. An experienced policy economist and research administrator, he took over as NITI Aayog Vice Chairperson from 1 May 2022. At the time of his appointment, he was a Global Fellow in the Asia Programme of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington DC, and a non-resident Fellow at Bruegel, an economic policy research institution in Brussels. He was also a member of the Board of the Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation, New Delhi.
From early 2012 till mid-2016, Mr. Bery was Royal Dutch Shell’s Global Chief Economist based in The Hague. In this capacity, he advised the Board and management on global economic and political developments. He was also part of the senior leadership of Shell’s Global Scenarios Group. During his time at Shell, he led a collaborative project with Indian think tanks (later published) to apply scenario modeling to India's energy sector.
Before his appointment at Shell, he served as Director-General (Chief Executive) of the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) in New Delhi - one of India’s most respected institutions of empirical socioeconomic research. During his tenure, NCAER greatly extended its global links and was recognized as one of India’s leading think tanks by the independent global Think Tank Initiative. In his decade leading NCAER, he was at various times member of the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council; of India’s Statistical Commission; and of the Reserve Bank of India’s Technical Advisory Committee on Monetary Policy. He commented extensively in the media on economic issues and contributed a monthly column to an Indian business newspaper.
Prior to NCAER, Mr. Bery was with the World Bank in Washington DC, which he joined through the Young Professionals Programme. His career at the World Bank spanned research on financial sector development and country policy and strategy, notably in Latin America and the Caribbean. His country experience included Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay and Peru. His experience on financial sector reform in Latin America led to an appointment as Special Consultant to the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India between 1992 and 1994.
His professional writing includes contributions on the political economy of reform, financial sector and banking reform, and energy trends and policy. He has a Master’s degree in Public Affairs from Princeton University’s School of Public and International Affairs, and an undergraduate degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Magdalen College, University of Oxford.
For registration and other details of this year’s conference, please visit: https://www.iimb.ac.in/CPP-XIX-2024/
For a detailed schedule of the conference, please Click here.